SF 2233 (LSB 5854SV (1) 89)

SENATE FILE 2233

BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2137)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to terms used in the context of land surveying.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 355.5, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Distances shall be shown in decimal feet in accordance with the federal definition of the U.S. survey a foot at the time the survey is performed. Distance measurements shall refer to the horizontal plane.
    Sec. 2.  Section 355.16, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   355.16  Iowa plane coordinate system defined.
   The Iowa plane coordinate system shall be used for the purpose of conducting official surveys.  As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires section, “Iowa plane coordinate system” or “coordinate system” means the system of plane coordinates established by the United States national ocean survey, or the United States national geodetic survey, or a successor agency, for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state of Iowa that is in use at the time the survey is performed.
    Sec. 3.  REPEAL.  Sections 355.17, 355.18, and 355.19, Code 2022, are repealed.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to terms used in the context of land surveying. The bill requires distances for a survey to be shown in decimal feet in accordance with the federal definition of a foot at the time the survey is performed rather than the definition of the U.S. survey foot. The bill strikes the requirement that distance measurements refer to the horizontal plane. The bill provides that the Iowa plane coordinate system shall be used for the purpose of conducting official surveys. The bill amends the definition of “Iowa plane coordinate system” to mean the system established solely by the United States geodetic survey, or a successor agency, in use at the time the survey is performed. The bill repeals provisions relating to the designation of coordinate zones, identification of geographic locations, and application of terms associated with the Iowa plane coordinate system as it exists under current law.